VIETNAM TODAY

Danang City in coordination with Surf Live Saving Vietnam held an international marine rescue contest themed A Festival for Coast Guards on September 7.

More than 22 million students started their school year across Vietnam on September 5.

Participants discussed ways to integrate climate change response and disaster risk reduction into socio-economic development at a two-day workshop that wrapped up on Friday in the Mekong Delta's Tien Giang Province.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on September 7 attended a ground-breaking ceremony for a Thai Nguyen-Bac Kan expressway and an upgrade of 25km long National Highway 3 section.

Vietnam’s international GM Le Quang Liem (Elo 2706) has maintained his winning streak after six rounds, lifting the trophy of the Webster University – Spice Rapid Invitational in the US.

The deputy minister of Education and Training explained the details of the new instructions on methods to review and mark first-graders.

The Civil Aviation Authority is planning a draft circular which would make it necessary for domestic airlines to compensate as much as USD150 per passenger for a delayed flight.

Vietnamese Tourism Ambassador to Europe Bobby Chinn has introduced foreign tourists to Singapore and local islanders to genuine Vietnamese dishes from September 6-9.

Leading low-cost airline, VietJet Air has announced it is launching a new air route from Vietnam to Vladivostok in Russia.

Vietnam and Russia on September 6 reached an agreement under which Russia will supply Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) to two air transporters: Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air.

The Vietnam Information Safety Association is investigating security breaches to as many as 745 websites in Vietnam during the National Day holiday, the agency announced on its website securitydaily.net on September 5.

The People’s Committee of central Ha Tinh province has authorisednine investors in the Formosa Industrial Park (IP) to employ 2,976 foreign workers.

Danang topped the Provincial Public Administration Reform Index 2013 (PAR INDEX 2013), fulfilling 87.02 percent of the criteria on reform completion, 9.46% higher than the national average of 77.56%.

Children’s Hospital 2 Director Ha Manh Tuan on September 5 confirmed that as a result of the tremendous success of the hospital’s transplant surgeries over the past 10 years a specialty organ transplant centre is planned for the city.

Professor Dang Hung Vo, a senior Vietnamese real estate expert, has predicted that housing prices in Vietnam will drop as the year comes to an end.

Myanmar Parliament Speaker U Shwe Mann arrived in Hanoi on September 5, beginning a four-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnam National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

One person commits suicide every 40 seconds -- more than all the yearly victims of wars and natural disaster -- with the highest toll among the elderly, the United Nations said Thursday.

Cong Phuong’s late goal earned Vietnam three points in their opening match against U19 Australia of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Nuti Food U19 Cup taking place in Hanoi on September 5.

APEC Human Resource Development Ministers from APEC convened in Hanoi on September 5, seeking to address social dimensions of globalisation, enhance the quality of human resources and facilitate labour mobility.